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ymb-sittan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ymb-sittan, p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton ; pp. -seten.
to sit or
be round,
to sit at table, meat, etc.
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  • Ðæt hié mé þégon, symbel ymbsǽton,

      Beo. Th. 1132 ; B. 564.

  • Hý twégen sceolon tæfle ymbsittan,

      Exon. Th. 345, 2; Gn. Ex. 182.

  • Ða ymbsittendan circumsedentes, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 31: convivae, 5, 5 ; S. 618, 16: Ap. Th. 15, 6: 17, 4. (1 a) to sit at council, be engaged about :-- Hí án geþeaht ealle ymbsǽtan

    cogitaverunt consensum in unum

    ,
      Ps. Th. 82, 5.
to be around, be neighbouring. v. ymb-sittend
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  • Ðám ðe ús ymbsittaþ

    his qui in circuitu nostro sunt

    ,
      Ps. Th. 43, 15.

  • Hí þreátiaþ gehwider ymbsittenda óþra þeóda,

      Met. 25, 14.
to beset
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  • Ic ymbsitte

    obsideo

    ,
      Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5; Zup. 157, 3.

  • Fearras fǽtte ymbsǽton mé

    tauri pingues obsederunt me

    ,
      Ps. Lamb. 21, 13.

  • Ðá com micel werod werigra gásta and ðis hús útan ymbsǽtan (domum hanc et exterius obsedit), Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 2. II a. as a term of war, to besiege, invest :-- Ðíne fýnd ðé ymbsittaþ mid ymbtrymminge

    circumdabunt te inimici tui uallo

    (Lk.
      19, 43), Homl. Th. i. 408, 35.

  • Hé ymbsæt ða burh (

    circumdedit Eglon

    ),
      Jos. 10, 34.

  • Eádmund ymbsæt Anláf cyning and Wulfstán arcebiscop on Legraceastre,

      Chr. 943; Erl. 117, 16:
    Ælle and Cissa ymbsǽton Andredescester, 491; Erl. 14, 5 : 885; Erl. 82, 20.

  • Hié ymbsǽton án geweorc,

      894; Erl. 91, 7.

  • Ymbesǽtan,

      1011; Erl. 145, 8.

  • Ymbsittaþ ða burg suíðe gebyrdelíce

    ordinabis adversus eam obsidionem

    ,
      Past. 21; Swt. 161, 19.

  • Ðá hié hæfdon Cirinen ða burh ymbseten,

      Ors. 2, 2 ; Swt. 66, 18.

  • Hé besierede ðæt folc ðe hié ymbseten hæfden,

      4, 5; Swt. 170, 2 : Ps. Th. 12 arg.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. umbi-sizzan obsidere.]
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v. emb-sittan.
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v.  emb-sittan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ymb-sittan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/37198.

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